Isaiah 48:11–18

11 “aFor My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;

For how can My name be profaned?

And My bglory I will not give to another.

Deliverance Promised

12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel 1whom I called;

aI am He, bI am the first, I am also the last.

13 “Surely My hand afounded the earth,

And My right hand spread out the heavens;

When I bcall to them, they stand together.

14 “aAssemble, all of you, and listen!

bWho among them has declared these things?

The Lord loves him; he will ccarry out His good pleasure on dBabylon,

And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

15 “I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have acalled him,

I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.

16 “aCome near to Me, listen to this:

From the first I have bnot spoken in secret,

cFrom the time it took place, I was there.

And now dthe Lord 1God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

17 Thus says the Lord, your aRedeemer, the Holy One of Israel,

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,

Who bleads you in the way you should go.

18 “If only you had apaid attention to My commandments!

Then your 1bwell-being would have been like a river,

And your crighteousness like the waves of the sea.